Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation with Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Vein Foci

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 366-373

  Theodorakis, George N ^a   Livanis, Efthimios G ^a   Aggelopoulou, Nikolitsa ^a   Mesikli, Theoni ^a   Flevari, Panagiota ^a   Leftheriotis, Dionyssios ^a   Zarvalis, Elias ^a   Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SAFETY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0842312308     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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